$2,200 Warm Up Day 2 | 2023 Merit Poker Gangster Series

11-24-2023 17:59 UTC+2

Gulseven Wins Battle of the Blinds Versus Sun

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Yunsheng Sun limped in from the small blind and Erdal Gulseven checked from the big blind.

The flop came K♦Q♥5♣ and Sun check-called a 5,000 continuation bet from Gulseven.

Sun check-called another bet from Gulseven on the 6♦ turn, this time for 12,000.

The river was the 9♣. Sun checked, Gulseven bet 54,000 and Sun quickly called.

Gulseven tabled J♠10♦ for the nut-straight to take down a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erdal Gulseven	798,000 798,000	798,000
Yunsheng Sun	435,000 296,500	296,500

Tags: Erdal Gulseven Yunsheng Sun

11-24-2023 17:41 UTC+2

Anar Gets Some Value

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Arun Soon opened to 12,000 from early position and Seref Anar called from the button.

The flop came 10♣2♥2♦ and Anar called a 15,000 continuation bet from Sood.

On the 4♣ turn Sood slowed down with a check and Anar bet 30,000. Sood made the call.

Sood checked in the dark before the 5♦ river and Anar checked behind.

"Two Pair" Sood announced but Anar tabled K♦10♥ for kings and twos and Sood's hand hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arun Sood	818,000 -44,000	-44,000

Seref Anar	250,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Arun Soon Seref Anar

11-24-2023 17:23 UTC+2

Late Registration Closes

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Late registration and reentries have come to a close in the $2,200 Warm Up. The event attracted a total of 453 entrants to create a prize pool of $833,520. Currently 155 players remain and payout information should be available shortly.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

11-24-2023 17:16 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts after Second Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Arun Sood	862,000 269,000	269,000

Jun Yang	840,000 596,000	596,000
Andrei Daniliuk	830,000 64,000	64,000

Dmitry Yurasov	735,000 -32,500	-32,500

Bakhos Joumaa	731,000 412,000	412,000
Mustafa Sancak	727,000 -463,000	-463,000

Vladas Burneikis	696,000 696,000	696,000
Adem Marjanovic	689,000 111,000	111,000
Shuang Luo	658,000 297,000	297,000
Dmitry Gromov	655,000 -215,000	-215,000

Razvan Sabau	650,000 650,000	650,000
Karim Abdelhamid	540,000 -83,000	-83,000
Inas Eldeghedy	521,000 -89,000	-89,000
Halil Tasyurek	460,000 37,000	37,000
Ankit Ahuja	424,500 41,500	41,500
Alisa Sibgatova	351,000 31,500	31,500
Victor Yugay	280,000 133,000	133,000
Guoliang Wei	258,000 130,000	130,000

11-24-2023 16:56 UTC+2

Break Time

Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Players are now on their second 20-minute break of the day. Once this break is over late registration will come to a close. There has been a total of 448 entrants so far, with 151 players currently remaining.

11-24-2023 16:40 UTC+2

Boutboul Uses his One Time

Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Aleksandr Kirichenko moved all in from the button for 54,000 and Bernard Boutboul called from the big blind with a covering stack to put Kirichenko at risk.

Aleksandr Kirichenko: 8♥8♦
Bernard Boutboul: 5♠5♣

Kirichenko was ahead with the bigger pocket pair and remained so on the K♣J♦9♦ runout.

"One time, five!" Boutboul requested.

Right on queue Boutboul drilled a set on the 5♦ turn and remained ahead on the 3♠ river to send Kirichenko to the rail and take down a decent pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Boutboul	485,000 333,000	333,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Kirichenko Bernard Boutboul

11-24-2023 16:26 UTC+2

Hursoz Fires Two Barrels

Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Tugce Hursoz opened to 7,000 from under the gun and received calls from Yiannakis Papapetrou in the small blind and Andrei Vavilonskii in the big blind.

The flop came 10♠8♣5♥ and action checked around to Hursoz who bet 7,000. Papapetrou got out of the way while Vavilonskii made the call.

Hursoz bet again for 16,500 when checked to on the 3♣ turn and this time it was enough to force a fold from her opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tugce Hursoz	489,000 89,500	89,500
Yiannakis Papapetrou	357,000 217,000	217,000
Andrei Vavilonskii	86,500 -299,500	-299,500

Tags: Andrei Vavilonskii Tugce Hursoz Yiannakis Papapetrou

11-24-2023 16:06 UTC+2

Aykut Takes from Tasyurek

Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Halil Tasyurek opened to 7,000 from under the gun and Andac Aykut defended from the big blind.

The flop came Q♣10♠4♦ and Aykut check-called a 6,000 continuation bet from Tasyurek.

Both players checked the 9♥ turn leading to the 6♣ river. Aykut bet 17,000 and Tasyurek opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Halil Tasyurek	423,000 4,500	4,500
Andac Aykut	305,000 156,000	156,000

Tags: Aykut Takes Halil Tasyurek

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,500

Ante: 3,500